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have got to

have got to is the alternative form of have to.

Meaning of have to

Verb

have to (third-person singular simple present has to, present participle having to, simple past and past participle had to)

  1. Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.
    • You have to wear a seat belt.
  2. Must; expresses a logical conclusion.
    • that has to be the postman; it has to be an electrical fault
    Synonyms:
    be bound to, have got to, got to, gotta, must

Forms of have got to

third-person singular presenthas got to
present participlehaving got to
past participlehad got to
pasthad got to
alternative formgot to
alternative formgotta

Questions about have got to

What is have got to the alternative form of?
Have got to is the alternative form of have to.

Words near have got to in the dictionary

  1. have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook
  2. have got more chins than Chinatown
  3. have got someone's back
  4. have got someone's six
  5. have got the face on
  6. have got to
  7. have green fingers
  8. have had enough
  9. have had it
  10. have had it up to here
  11. have had one's chips

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Adapted from Wiktionary: have got to (page history and authors); have to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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